824 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (prain). [Crotouogyne. 



obtuse, eglandular or sometimes with a few glands. Petals 5, free. 

 Disk urceolate. Ovary densely stellate-pubescent and setose with long 

 simple stiff hairs ; styles 3, each 8-partite, stellate-pubescent at the 

 base outside below the division. Capsule (only seen young) densely 

 stellate-pubescent and sparingly setose. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Johann-Albrechtsliohe ; Mundame, 650 ft., 

 Buesgen, 163 ! Lom, 650-1000 ft., Ledermann, 6397 ! 



8. C. Laurentii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bos- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 278, 

 t. 73, excl. Jig. 2. Shrub, stellate-pubescent and sparingly lepidote. 

 Leaves scattered, short-petioled, tirm, oblanceolate-oblong, acutely 

 acuminate, slightly narrowed from beyond the middle to the lower 

 tenth and then abruptly narrowed to a long pseudo-petiole much longer 

 than the petiole proper, 10-14 in. long, 2|-3| in. wide ; petiole 2^3 lin. 

 long ; stipules ovate, acuminate, '1\ lin. long, stellate-pubescent and 

 sparingly lepidote. Racemes 2-2^ ft. long, rather laxly paniculately 

 branched ; branches G-l") in. long, subtended by lanceolate leafy bracts 

 -i— J in. long ; bracts 2 -glandular ; male flowers in few-flowered glomerules 

 ^-\ in. apart. Male: Calyx globose, stellate-pubescent and sparingly 

 lepidote, 1 lin. wide, usually 3-lobed. Corolla campanulate ; tube hairy 

 within ; margin very shortly lobed. Stamens about 18, T) outer ; extra- 

 staminal glands connate in a glabrous lobed ring. Female flowers not 

 seen.—Th. k Hel. Dur. Syll. Fl. Congol. 400. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Lualaba-Kasai Distr. ; Batempa, Laurent ! 



1). C. lasiocarpa, Prain in Kew Bidleiin. 1911, 265. Shrub, 

 lepidote and sparingly stellate-pubescent. Leaves scattered, short- 

 petioled, firm, oblong-ovate to oblanceolate-oblong, acutely acuminate, 

 narrowed to an acute base, 6-12 in. long, 2-4 J in. wide ; petiole J-1 J in. 

 long, lepidote ; stipules ovate, acuminate, lepidote and sparingly stellate- 

 pubescent, 3-4 lin. long. Racemes up to in. long, simple or the 

 females sparingly branched ; bracts 2-glandular ; male flowers in few- 

 flowered glomerules i-J in. apart; females few, solitary towards the 

 ends of the racemes, pedicel lepidote, J in. long. Male : Calyx globose, 

 closely lepidote, 1 lin. wide, usually 2-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate, 

 margin very slightly lobed ; tube hairy within. Stamens about 10, 

 () outer; extra-staminal glands free, distinct. Female: Calyx oblong, 

 closely lepidote, \ in. long ; lobes 4, narrow-lanceolate, subacute, 

 eglandular. Petals 4, free. Disk deeply lobed. Ovary closely lepidote 

 and setose with long simple sti if hairs ; styles 3, each 7-partite or twice 

 2-partite, stellate-pubescent at the base outside below the division. 

 Capsule (only seen young) densely lepidote and setose. 



^ower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: k'kox\a,\\^\, Tessmann, 947! 1002! and 

 witliout pnoise locality, Tessmann, 991 ! 



10. C. parvifolia, Prain in Kew Bidletin, 11)12, 102. Shrub, 

 14-18 ft. high ; twigs glabrous. Leaves scattered, short-petioled, firm, 

 narrowly lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed to an acute base, 

 3-4 in. long, J in. wide, quite glabrous ; petiole 1— J in. long, sparingly 



